fakemaxwell
Senior Member
Bit of a thought experiment I've been mulling over- how much practice time on trumpet would it take to be able to beat samples? Including both traditional samples and modeling. And to simplify it a bit, let's pretend the recording studio/stage plays no part.
I'm not an expert in how any of the orchestral instruments truly work, but it seems that I can get passable results from just about any of them with samples and modeled instruments. However, trumpet continues to allude. Have good samples and all of the modeled attempts, and I end up spending a ton of time auditioning, swapping, mixing, combining just to get something that still only sounds okay.
I'm a reasonably fair hand at learning instruments. For any trumpet players, how long do you reckon it would take to be able to beat the samples? With the limited amount of time we all have in life it's probably doubtful that I become truly proficient, but if it's not too long a time frame it'll be worth it in the saving of future headaches.
And a related topic- any other instruments where the juice is worth the quick squeeze? I always encourage people to learn a bit of guitar, as it's the easiest instrument to record and (imo) is extremely difficult to sample without getting machine gun effects.
I'm not an expert in how any of the orchestral instruments truly work, but it seems that I can get passable results from just about any of them with samples and modeled instruments. However, trumpet continues to allude. Have good samples and all of the modeled attempts, and I end up spending a ton of time auditioning, swapping, mixing, combining just to get something that still only sounds okay.
I'm a reasonably fair hand at learning instruments. For any trumpet players, how long do you reckon it would take to be able to beat the samples? With the limited amount of time we all have in life it's probably doubtful that I become truly proficient, but if it's not too long a time frame it'll be worth it in the saving of future headaches.
And a related topic- any other instruments where the juice is worth the quick squeeze? I always encourage people to learn a bit of guitar, as it's the easiest instrument to record and (imo) is extremely difficult to sample without getting machine gun effects.